Tag archive: iPhone 4

Going into effect on Sunday, February 12, AT&T is increasing the activation fee on phone upgrades from $18 to $36 according to a memo issued to all AT&T store managers according to BGR. This brings the activation fee equal to the current rate of $36 for starting a brand new service plan. As directed by AT&T corporate management, store employees are supposed to define the fee as costs associated to picking out a new phone as well as… Read More

It's been a big day for Motorola in its legal battles with Apple—at least in Germany. The Mannheim Regional Court has granted Motorola a permanent injunction on the push email service of Apple's iCloud services—the injunction would also apply to iCloud's predecessor, MobileMe. Motorola's complaint dates all the way back to April 2011, and, unfortunately for Apple, the injunction is a permanent one, not a preliminary… Read More

The camera is one of the most celebrated features of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S, earning first place on Flickr's “most used camera” chart, and spawning many iPhone-only photography apps such as Instagram and Hipstamatic. While the vast majority of buyers welcome the camera on the iPhone, there's a select few who don't — or indeed, can't — buy an iPhone precisely because of the presence of a… Read More

First reported by Want China Times earlier today, chairman Terry Gou was meeting with senior managers and stated “”Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache.” Hon Hai is the parent company of Foxconn, the company responsible for creating the majority of iPhones and iPads for Apple. Gou also stated that he would like to learn… Read More

There's no denying it: The iPhone 4S has the best camera of any smartphone on the market. It's so good, the 8-megapixel cameraphone poses a serious threat to dedicated point-and-shoots, which have dropped more than 30 percent in sales over the past year as smartphones have grown in popularity. The iPhone 4 is currently the most-used camera on Flickr, and the iPhone 4S has skyrocketed in popularity on the photo-sharing site. The one… Read More

While the majority of third party iPhone cases are simple plastic shells, the Gizmon iCA was created to appeal to photographers that are bored with the current design of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Built with 32 different polycarbonate parts, the iPhone is enclosed in a case that's somewhat similar in design to the recently released Fujifilm X100 or classic Leicas. The case includes an optical viewfinder, a shutter button that's… Read More

Quickly snowballing across Tumblr blogs and Facebook pages this week, Something Awful writer Jon Hendren started retweeting the posts from his followers about unwanted Christmas gifts ranging from iPads to cars. Obviously pointing out the spoiled nature of the posts, Hendren's list of tweets continued to grow over Christmas and started to get reposted in graphic format across the Web. Tweets ranged from complaints about receiving… Read More

Rumors that Apple will launch a 7-inch version of their iPad tablet have been circulating ever since the very first model came out a couple of years ago. They've recently resurfaced too, suggesting that a 7-inch version could be unveiled alongside the iPad 3 in 2012. This resurgence is almost certainly related to the success of the Amazon Fire, which boasts a 7-inch screen with a 600 x 1024 pixel resolution that has been described as… Read More

Apple's Siri voice assistant stands as one of the primary selling points of the iPhone 4S, which is the only device that includes the feature. Yes, many hackers have tried to put Siri on other Apple gadgets, but they have so far been unstable and otherwise severely flawed. But that is all about to change. As Alex Heath at Cult of Mac reports, Apple has released now released iOS 5.0.1, which includes the Siri code unencrypted, making it… Read More

Before we go anywhere with this, let it be known that Apple iPads do not natively allow you to turn them into Wi-Fi HotSpots. However, if you're willing ( and brave enough) to jailbreak your iPad, or you've already done so, then this guide will help you along your way.  What we're doing here is making your iPad a Wi-Fi Hotspot. This lets you link other mobile devices to a Wi-Fi connection through the hotspot, or in this case… Read More

According to a survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the research firm found that 30 percent of iPhone 4S owners upgraded from the iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 was released during June 2010, anyone upgrading to the iPhone 4S approximately 16 months later would be subject to the early termination fee issued by wireless service providers like Verizon and AT&T. For instance, the early termination fee on smartphones for… Read More

Being awoken from a deep, soothing slumber by an alarm clock or wake-up call is bad enough, but being awoken by a fire on your bedside table would be something else altogether. It’d certainly get you out of bed in a hurry. According to Brazil’s techtudo website, a woman by the name of Ayla Mota had her iPhone 4 plugged in to charge overnight when it allegedly began to emit sparks and smoke as she slept (no, the picture on the right is not of the… Read More

It sounds like there is yet another reason power off your cell phone on your next flight. Australian airline Regional Express issued a press release stating an incident involving an exploding iPhone. No one on the flight was harmed during the event that involved lots of smoke and a red glow. Shortly after the regional flight from Lismore to Sydney landed, a passenger’s cell phone started “emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied… Read More

Sure, there are all sorts of digital photo filters you can use with your iPhone's camera, but if you've ever longed for the simple pleasure of a real fisheye lens, this could be the tool for you. The iPhone Lens Dial is an aluminum case for the iPhone 4 and 4S that offers a wheel-like attachment with three lenses — Wide Angle, Fisheye, and Telephoto — that align with your phone's existing camera optic. The case also… Read More

Well, that didn’t take long. Only a month after its release, the iPhone 4S has zoomed up the camera-phone charts to become the second most popular smartphone used by Flickr users to upload photos. A graph on the popular photo sharing website shows that the iPhone 4S is now ahead of the iPhone 3G and 3GS, as well as the HTC EVO 4G. Way in front, however, is the iPhone 4, although that model has been out almost 18 months. Indeed, the iPhone 4… Read More